Beguiling his now fully infatuated lawyer, serial killer
Clarence Little with his penchant for keeping the pinkies
of his cruelly tortured victims meticulously plans his
escape from Death Row in Oregon. Meanwhile, back in
Washington, DC, Senator Jack Carson's new legislative
attorney, Brad Miller, is assuring his wife Ginny that they
would be safe. Brad feels fairly confident that will be the
case, but can he be sure?
Other planning and waiting also takes place by diehard
Islamist Jihadists, intent on making 9/11 a footnote in
history. Will they be able to keep to their plan and
inflict devastating harm on the unsuspecting American
public? Who knows about this plot and who is funding their
plans?
Suddenly, things shift quickly and the escaped killer is
now accused of killings female victims on both sides of the
country? Why would he do this and what are his plans? As
Brad tries to work things out, especially since he might
have unwittingly caused the death of one of the women, he
sends Dana Cutler, a well trusted private investigator, to
find out more about the Senator's Oregon vacation. She
soon finds out that things are not as they seem. But, can
they find the proof in time?
CAPITOL MURDER is the third and final book in well-known
Philip Margolin's "Washington Trilogy" series. While it is
a suspenseful and captivating read on its own, existing
fans of Margolin's books are sure to relish the return of
several of the main characters and the wrap-up of this
latest series. While some elements of the two plots are
tenuously linked, Margolin's skill as a suspenseful
storyteller pulls them together in a riveting page turning
story.
The author's extensive background in law and ease
with understanding legal issues also makes CAPITOL MURDER an
absorbing story of political corruption and issues involved
in the handling of high security cases Fans who like
this genre are sure to get a charge from this latest
political suspense thriller by Margolin!
Convicted serial killer Clarence Little has escaped from death row in Oregon. A murder matching Little's M.O. is discovered in the Georgetown home of powerful Oregon United States Senator Jack Carson. And Carson, a high-ranking member of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, has disappeared. Washington, D.C., attorney Brad Miller, the senator's legislative assistant, sends private investigator Dana Cutler to Oregon. While she is uncovering the senator's shady past, a terrorist cell is plotting to destroy a packed football stadium. What Brad and Dana discover links the escaped serial killer and the missing senator to a horrific event that could dwarf the 9/11 attacks.